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Operating vs Running - What's the difference?

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Operating is a related term of running.


As adjectives the difference between operating and running

is that operating is in operation while running is moving or advancing by running.

As verbs the difference between operating and running

is that operating is while running is .

As an adverb running is

(informal) consecutively; in a row.

As a noun running is

the action of the verb to run .

operating

English

Adjective

(-)
  • in operation
  • that operates
  • involved in an operation
  • Derived terms

    *operating room *operating system

    Verb

    (head)
  • running

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving or advancing by running.
  • # Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
  • successive; one following the other without break or intervention
  • to be away two days running
  • Flowing; easy; cursive.
  • running handwriting
  • Continuous; keeping along step by step.
  • a running explanation
  • * Milton
  • a running conquest
  • * Hare
  • What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
  • (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
  • a running vine
  • (medicine) Discharging pus.
  • a running sore

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) consecutively; in a row
  • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .

    Noun

    (wikipedia running) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to run .
  • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  • The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
  • Running is good exercise.
  • That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
  • the first running of a still
  • The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
  • Derived terms

    * in running order * in the running * out of the running * running costs * running dictation

    Verb

    (head)
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